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Labor History

Who Built Our Capitol? The Lives and Work of the Men and Women Who Built the Minnesota State Capitol Building

On July 27, 1898 marching bands led thousands of people to the highest point in downtown St Paul, Minnesota. Columns of veterans, stonecutters.

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Call for Proposals

Labor and Empire Small Conference

The journal Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas invites paper submissions for its upcoming conference–tentatively slotted for November 13-15, 2014 in.

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LAWCHA

Volkswagen, Chattanooga and the Long History of Union Avoidance

A number of Tennessee’s politicians and business leaders are baffled and frustrated that autoworkers at Chattanooga’s sizable, $1 billon Volkswagen plant may force.

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Labor History

New Gravestone for Harry Kelly (1871-1953)

LAWCHA member Nathan Jun is interested in acquiring a new marker for the grave of our departed comrade Harry Kelly (1871-1953) at Forest.

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LAWCHA

Labor History Songs CD full of old favorites

The Union Makes Us Strong by Peter K. Siegel and Eli Smith is a wonderful collection of old favorites, enlivened by some fancy.

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Events (Old)

Organize the South or Die: Why the South Matters to the Future of Labor

Session at the AFL-CIO convention in Los Angeles on Tuesday, September 10 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm. As the AFL-CIO and its affiliates.

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OpEd

Emily Twarog, “Today’s workers need better deal,” Chicago Sun-Times OpEd

I worked in the food service for a total of 15 years, in every possible job classification. During that time, I worked at.

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LAWCHA

New Deal Era Labor Art Explored in Collaborative Project

Labor and New Deal Art: the Commemoration of the Little Steel Strike of 1937 is a wonderful resource for labor historians and teachers,.

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In Memoriam

Robert Zieger, 1938 – 2013

LAWCHA mourns the loss of one of its founding members, Bob Zieger. Bob was one of LAWCHA’s first ever board members and has.

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OpEd

Anna Lane Windham, “Detroit, Labor Day and a Hard Day’s Night”

The Beatles first visited Detroit just before Labor Day in 1964, and they gushed with admiration for the Motown sound. Detroit hummed with.

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